Coin flip decides new president of southern Illinois village

By Associated Press | April 21, 2017 at 4:33 amUPDATED: April 21, 2017 at 4:36 am

Williamson County Clerk Amanda Barnes, center, watches as Tammy O'Daniell-Howell shakes the hand of Bryan Reikena after O'Daniell-Howell won the coin toss to win the election for Colp Village, Ill., April, 20, 2017 in Marion, Ill. The election resulted in a coin toss after both candidates both received 11 votes during April's consolidated election. (Isaac Smith/The Southern, via AP)

MARION, Ill. (AP) — A coin flip has decided who will lead a tiny southern Illinois town after an election this month ended in a tie.

Tammy O’Daniell-Howell is the new village president of Colp, home to about 250 residents, after the coin toss Thursday.